Tag Archives: school

Do You Miss Teaching?

Posted on August 5, 2021 by Life in the 50's and beyond...

Who hasn’t missed something in the past year? While I am not as isolated as some, my life has been turned upside down and like everyone else I miss the way it used to be. And suddenly I have been … Continue reading →

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Penmanship

Posted on November 9, 2020 by Life in the 50's and beyond...

My love affair with pencil and paper began with my brother. Ron is 5 years older than me and I followed him around like a little shadow throughout my childhood. I missed him when he went off to school in … Continue reading →

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Valentine’s Day 1957

Posted on February 9, 2019 by Life in the 50's and beyond...

The wooden classroom floors were scuffed and worn from first graders hard-soled shoes skipping, jumping, occasionally walking, and dragging mud and snow in from outside. By the time it was my turn to be a first grader in the old … Continue reading →

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The Baseball Game

Posted on May 22, 2018 by Life in the 50's and beyond...

It was Spring, 1960. The last day of fifth grade. The last day of school. There were two fifth grades in our small town elementary school. I don’t know how we got split into two grades back in those days, … Continue reading →

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Ginger

Posted on May 4, 2017 by Life in the 50's and beyond...

  We were the back hall gang, taking pride in the fact that we didn’t really fit in with the rest of the school.    We had pens printed with our motto…. Back Hall Rules, Rest of School Drools…… We … Continue reading →

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The Wallet (Part One)

Posted on April 2, 2017 by Life in the 50's and beyond...

A flash of turquoise in the huge pile of rubble. “Stop!”  the young man shouted and waved his arms.  The equipment operator stopped the machine and the young man tiptoed through the pile of brick and stone to the tiny … Continue reading →

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The Table

Posted on March 7, 2017 by Life in the 50's and beyond...

My Grandparents, Orville and Ruth were married in 1917.  They raised 8 children together, the fourth one being my mother, Marjorie.  I don’t know when the oak pedestal table joined the family but I bet it could tell some awesome … Continue reading →

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Grace

Posted on September 29, 2012 by Life in the 50's and beyond...

She was  a  beautiful girl.  She had long, dark red hair almost to her waist.  In a few years hair like hers would be the rage.  But in 1962 it just meant she was too poor to go to a … Continue reading →

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